The U.S. government added Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (YMTC) and more than 30 other companies to the Entity List, making it nearly impossible for these companies to have access to U.S. technology and products governed under the export control regime.

The Biden administration plans to add more Chinese companies, including a major chip maker, to its trade blacklist. In response, a Chinese official called the U.S. moves "blatant economic coercion and bullying."

At a CSIS event yesterday, Alan Estevez, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), discussed a number of issues on export control enforcement as it relates to China, offering updates on efforts to cooperate with allies and on how new regulations announced last

In a bipartisan push, two U.S. Senators are seeking to expand restrictions on purchases of Chinese-made semiconductors as part of an annual defense bill.

In a move that is in part due to political pressure, Apple has paused a plan to use chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) in some of its iPhones.

The U.S. government has added 31 more Chinese entities to a blacklist under which a license will be required for some U.S. exports.

Last week, two Republican members of Congress introduced legislation that would impose sanctions on Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and other Chinese chipmakers.